Saudi UN envoy slams ‘flagrant violation of international humanitarian law’ in Gaza

NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, told the Security Council on Wednesday that the protection of children in armed conflict “is not simply a legal obligation imposed by international humanitarian law” but “primarily a collective humanitarian responsibility.” The council reviewed the UN secretary-general’s latest annual report on children and armed conflict, which found for the first time in three decades that government forces, not non-state armed groups, were responsible for the highest number of child casualties.

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